Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Training for Postdoctoral Scholars (Fall 2025)

Two-Day Training: April 22nd (In-Person) & April 23rd (Virtual)
Day 1: Wednesday, April 22nd | 9:15AM - 4:30PM | In-Person. Pleasant's Room, Wilson Library
Day 2: Thursday, April 23rd | 9:00AM - 4:30PM | Virtual (Zoom)

Ongoing training in Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) is mandated by all federal granting programs including NIH and NSF. The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs is offering a two-day training course that will satisfy the RCR training requirements for the NIH and NSF research grant applications. The primary goal for the course for Postdoctoral Scholars is to address RCR topics such as Publication Practices and Responsible Authorship, Mentor/Trainee Responsibilities, Research Misconduct, and Communication and Difficult Conversations as well as familiarize postdocs with offices on campus where they can get assistance or report a concern.

*Course available only for UNC-CH Postdoctoral Scholars*

The following topics are covered during instruction over a 2-day period:

• Conflict of interest
• Policies regarding human subjects in research
• Mentor/mentee responsibilities and relationships
• Data management, with Lab Archives demo
• Export Compliance & Science and Security
• AI in Research 
• Intellectual Property & Commercialization 
• Research misconduct and policies for handling misconduct responsible authorship and publication
• Researcher as a responsible member of society, contemporary ethical issues

This course will meet over two days. 100% attendance across both days is required to receive the completion certificate. For more information, contact the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs at opa@unc.edu